Snow at the end of March

this is totally out of the norm for oklahoma.........We just don't get snow at the end of March.......Its been snowing since about 8........We are about to head into town and get tomatos for some chili........oh and lets not forget the sourcream, LOL.........I've got the fritos and the hotdogs........and the beans if I end up doing it from scratch........So how much snow did we end up with, who knows it hasn't finished snowing yet..........LOL.......will let you know in an updated post........

Baby Jace update

Today we had a dr's appt in tulsa with the specialist.......I really like him and he is funny to boot.......On the drive there we had a horrible thunderstorm.......to the point I slowed way down on my driving as I couldn't see 20 ft in front of me........Alyssa said that there was one clap of thunder that scared the bejezus out of her.........So it was probably lightening striking somewhere close..........anyways back to my dr's appt.........I got there on time (pat myself on the back, lol) and no one was there.......I called the office, no one answered......UGH......I live approx 45 mins from his office and I was about to loose it.....Kent being the level calm head man he is, he says call him on his cell phone which of course I do not have in my cell phone but I do have it in my van........So back down to the van we go........I called the 3 numbers that I have, his cell being last........He was in the office, had just gotten there......But Lori who is the nurse was out sick......He said she has been out the last 2 days for the first time in 7 yrs...........He is completely lost without her.....So we have another u/s (we will have these everytime I go in) and Jace is practicing his breathing......that is so cool to see......then he measures his head.........HOLY COW this kid has a big head......I'm 32 wks and he is measure at 36wks (just his head though), his belly is measuring at 31wks......but overall it averages out to be 4lbs 2oz.........He is still on target for his gestional age......Um thats a scary thought thou.........to me anyways........It tells me that he is going to be between 9 and 10lbs........who knows we will see.........I also talked to him about weither he delivered at another hospital.......He says no not yet but I am working on going to southcrest.......Southcrest is where I really want to deliver.......I delivered Austin there.......the experiance was totally awesome, not saying there is anything wrong with St. John's........Just want to go where I already know..........Austin spent 3 1/2 days in the NICU with blood sugar issues and we have already been forwarned to expect Jace to go to the NICU as well because of blood sugar issues..........But the awesome thing is that the neonatologist that took care of Austin is also over the NICU at St. John's too...........It was like the weight of the world had been lifted off my shoulders when I heard that........Just to know that someone who actually takes the time to care about his patients as well as his patients parents was going to oversee my son's care.........My whole mood and demenor has changed to say the least........I am really getting excited for this baby to come now.........Things are falling into place and each and every appt seems to bring even better news.........

He stopped my insulin today because I went from having issues with high blood sugars to really low bs where I couldn't take it.......it was running in the 90's all the time.........If it gets to low baby will have issues.........So we don't want it that low..........And the only reason why they put me on insulin to begin with is because they were not happy with my fasting blood sugars in the hospital when I had pneumonia.........But I do have a prn order if it gets above 200, I am to take the novalog and call him........So far so good.........He left me on the metformin........I had been taking it since March of last year when I was diagnosed with diabeties.........I had managed to get my A1C down to 6.3 from 10.8.......Normal is anything 6.0 and under..........and that was just by watching what I ate and taking the metformin...........He realized that and wanted to keep it the way it was..........LOL..........the new bp meds are working........My bp was down to 136/82 since starting it.........We had left the procardia alone because he had said we were just going to add it........he is liking the improvement as well as I am.........However one of the side effects of Aldomet is that it works like a water pill so in a way it is good and in a way it can be bad......I've started having contrax again.........He said to increase fluids (I always have water beside me) then he told me that because of my kidneys working over time it could be a lack of salt but I could not drink gatorade (I dont' like it anyways) but I needed to add salt to my food......I don't normally do that but can and will.........We will see...........all I know is my mouth feels like I have cotton mouth all the time and after 3 babies who I have went in to early labor with dehydration it made a whole lot of since.........and ya know, I should have expected it, it always happens around this time and always thinking I am drinking plenty of water..........LOL......So now my goal is to add another 20oz of water a day.........I'm going to be floating on a river I swear..........Now if only we could get the insomina under control and the heartburn........

Update

Ok for those of you who haven't heard from me and for those of you who have, know what is going on.......

I am not sleeping, insomnia has set in.....Night before last I was up til 5 am and then finally fell asleep around 5:30 in my chair......Last night I thought I was going to be able to sleep but no Joshua got up and stayed up for over an hour......We are in the middle of night potty training him and it is going awesome......he is so excited to come in and say "momma I stayed dried" and he does it so cute........I am thinking of letting him sleep in underware tonight...........

Back to me, I feel so blah and have been cranky and bitting people's heads off.......So if I don't talk and don't post......Its not because I have had this baby.......its because I don't want to offend anyone.........

Love and hugs to all~

Sickness still lingers

Joshua now has the ear infections that Austin is still recovering from.......to top that all off I have a sinus infection......the joys of spring blooming

March 17th~*~St. Patrick's Day!!~*~

These are the bunkbeds before they have been sanded and stained......He cut the wood and made sure they went togather the way they were suppose to before doing any extra work, LOL......he has it apart now and sanding them....some of them he has already stained........its going to look nice when he is done.......WOOHOO

Spring break

Spring break has begun as soon as the kids arrive home on the bus, UGH........Wish me luck surviving the next 10 days........Hopefully it will go really fast........

Yesterday we had a meeting at the school with OT..........OT wants to d'c treatment for Alyssa....She has only been recieving services a half hour a month.......Thats not what the problem was........On their paperwork they said that they had talked to the teacher.......which the teachers have denied being talked to........

However back to the meeting...........The OT started giving her teacher a hard time.....I agree with them on that though..........I have asked and asked that they try to prevent her having meltdowns......They don't see it.......I'm the one who has to deal with it..........Her teacher used the excuse that she has bathroom tokens to use and Alyssa uses them appropiately.........The only problem if the teachers are not paying attention to her is that she gets overwhelmed and doesn't even realize it until it is to late.........Hello this is what I am talking about........The OT told her teacher that she needs to take more breaks, if she sees her getting ansy to send her for a walk up and down the hallway, not to just let her take bathroom breaks..........Alyssa does not know her limits.........She doesn't see the meltdowns coming until they happen.........Its up to us adults to try to prevent them........
They are dcing her treatment plan but both her teachers have heard it from the therapist that if they have any ?S about Alyssa or any other child for that matter that they can come to them........They can get her pencil grip and her cushion from them without her being in their program.......All her teachers have to do is let them know......but it was nice to have someone actually fight for me and not againist me when it comes to Alyssa........

the night before last I broke a tooth......I was in so much pain that I had to give in and make a dentist appt.......I have been really bad about dentists.........I do not like going to see them so I haven't been in about 11 yrs, maybe longer......and the work I need done is actually proving that I waited to long........did you know old fillings can fall out.......I had fillings done when I was still a teenager.........Well I have had 2 fall out and he will be replacing those in a couple of weeks.......but boy even though it feels like my jaw has been sucker punched I have to say that it feels much better now that the tooth is out then it did when it was in.......

Austin has been sick since last friday........His fever was up to a 103 on friday night but because we got it to go back down I didn't stress on it.......However he did keep running a low grade fever to a 101.......He just kept coughing........Well by monday I started to worry that he might have pneumonia (I mean I just got over it in dec) but when I listened to his lungs, they were clear so I didn't know what to think but went ahead and called the dr and set up an appt.........I couldn't make it due to my specialist appt on tuesday so we set it for yesterday.......When we get in there the kid is running a fever still its 99.8.........And wouldn't you know it he has double ear infections......poor kid didn't show any signs of it at all.......Just a running nose and nasty cough and of course the fever........Well Joshua is showing the same signs but only no fever so now I have an appt for Joshua to...........

This is a new dr to my kids.......I had her while I was in the hospital and loved her.......She pulls no punches and has given it to me straight..........she is the one who started me on my insulin.......anyways........The other dr hasn't never tried him on pcn products because of Alyssa, Joshua and I being allergic to it........Well his new dr wants him to try it and wrote a script for amoxicillian.....I have given him 2 doses and am watching him closely......Here is to hoping and praying that he doesn't break out with any kind of rash.........

Specialist appt today

We have a date of May 5th which is exactly 8 wks from today..........My blood sugars have been giving me issues.........Starting on the 24th of last month I noticed that Jace hadn't moved that much so on the 26th, I spent an hour in labor and delivery getting monitored.......He is fine they said he moved on me........Fastforward to the 27th.......I got a really high blood sugar ready (339), I talked with my dr on monday at our appt.....I had an appt for the specialist for tuesday so she didn't do anything..........I had been watching it very closely so we knew what was going on..........I went in for my specialist appt and had my u/s.....Sure enough he had flipped around, he is now head up.......Little stinker.....He is basically folded in half.....His feet are by his mouth.........Which explains why he isn't moving all to well........And she played with my insulin........She said that the long acting insulin was not lasting long enough........So she decreased it in the morning to 6 units (was 10 units only in the morning) and added 6 units at bedtime.......So basically she just added 2 units..........And it was then that we got the numbers to the dr that my dr actually wanted me to go to............I had an appt for him today.........He is happy with my blood sugars.......And once he explained why it made total sense........He said the only side effect of it is a big baby.......I grow my babies big anyways but back to why he didn't want to mess with it........He said if we get them back to normal that it will do more harm to Jace and could end up in a stillbirth..........Our blood sugars are varying greatly right now so when mine is in the 140's Jace's is around a 100......So basically we need to leave them alone.....Fine and dandy with me..........However my bp has been up but not much......its steady which is a good thing.......140/86 and its been like that for the last 2 wks.......However he decided to add another bp med in there that has a water pill in it which will help the swelling that has started........Awesome news to me........I have actually only gained 13lbs so far and I am 30 wks.......I lost 11lbs durning the first 11 wks of my pregnancy........which I have gained back plus another 13lbs.......So over all it isn't a bad weight gain given my history......hehehehe........When I checked out we set the date for my c/s........But he says that I may not make it that far.......I want to make it another 7 wks (thats 37 wks) and he will not allow me to go any farther then 38wks.........

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Baby Jace

Baby Jace is his nickname, LOL.......The kids are all calling him that........Its hard to believe that in less then 2 mths he will be here......So far so good.......Just the normal swelling so far.........Last night the skin on my feet hurt from swelling but tonight even though I was up making banana bread and potato salad, help cleaning the house and dealing with every crisis that my children decided they needed momma to deal with........they are swollen but not hurting as much.....So I don't know......Maybe the past week of running, running, running has finally caught up with me........And my week this week is packed full of stuff to do........Monday I have to take Kent to the VA and on tuesday I have to go to Tulsa to meet my new specialist.........Though it doesn't really matter, I have a feeling that they will take a peak at him.........I love seeing him.....I have to get the new pics scanned and put up here but my scanner is not working with vista so I have to use a friend's scanner to get them on here.........At last week's u/s he was folded in half......Or at least it looked like it......he had his foot up by his mouth........his butt was down, his head was up.........he turned just like the hospital and Dr. Perry had said he did which is why I wasn't feeling him move so much............But apparently he has either turned again or he has managed to get a foot loose to kick me in my umum......He has managed to make it very painful the last couple of days, LOL..........Its like he was before he turned and I didn't feel him for those 2 days.......I have told everyone that its like he is punching my c/s scar from Joshua (his is in a different place then Alyssa's and Austin's) and that every time he would hit it, it would hurt........yep he is doing it again.........I will be glad when they go in there and clean out the scar tissue again........Its starting to stretch (suppose to) and hurt (not suppose to, lol) But overall I am loving every minute of my pregnancy including the heartburn that you get near the end..........Because I know it is all worth it in the end.........

Austin is still sick......Not sure what to make of it as he acts like nothing is wrong other than the fever that skyrockets at night (not unusal, LOL) and the snotty nose........He doesn't complain of anything hurting and he still has an appetite though yesterday and this morning all he managed to do was throw up all over my couch and me......He did keep down apple juice and water......So who knows what is wrong with my kid........

I caught him in rare form today, LOL.......With it being saturday he has his brother and sister home.........Would you believe that they made him mad enough that he went off and played by himself........Usually he is right there in the middle of them getting in trouble.......but not today, he was off playing in his little tykes car and they were digging in the dirt while Daddy is building the bunkbeds..........

Lets not even discuss the bunkbeds because they have been the source of more arguements then anything else here lately...........So much for me designing them, he has changed it all around to suit him.....UGH........

Anyways here is another rare form anymore in the form of a pic of Austin and his Daddy........You hardly ever get Austin to nap anymore but here is the proof that he does occasionally, LOL........




yep they are both asleep.......Austin slept til 12:3o that day after getting up at 7:30 and passing back out around 9:30.......Hint should have known he was getting sick then as this kid hardly ever goes back to sleep.......

Illness

and the vicious cycle continues!! Austin is sick now........Running a fever.....I just can't seem to get a break.....poor kid, I just got Alyssa and Kent over their infections........Austin threw up everywhere, all over his elmo blanket, the couch, his elmo shirt.......he didn't keep down the motrin.....UGH.......Looks like another trip to the ER is in the plans for tonight or tomorrow......I was hoping it was just a virus but I am not thinking we got that lucky this time........

The weather is awesome here........It has been in the 80's for the last 2 days and will be in the 70's through next week......Around about wednesday it is suppose to drop off to the 50's but we will have to see.......Its still nice........I just wish Austin would feel better so he can enjoy it........

Update on the last couple of days

Yesterday I had an awesome dr's appt with the specialist who I have been seeing for just the level 2 u/s.........They still haven't gotten all of his measurements but he is doing great and growing like a weed........According to the u/s he weighs 3lbs 7oz......I know that they say that they can be off by as much as a lb but seriously with my history of growing big boys, I don't think that is the case..........I have figured by his rate of growth in the last month that he will be close to 10lbs when he is born if not more.........Joshua weighed 9lbs 12oz when he born so I am thinking that he is going to be the same way..........I got him his car seat, his coming home outfit (0-3mths, cause with Joshua the newborn clothes didn't fit, LOL) and some bottles just in case bfing fails again this time........Hopefully it won't, I have talked to a bfing consultant, got some more ideas, made new internet friends who have made suggestions on how to help increase production so we will see...........
Now on to the news about the dr........I got the phone numbers for the dr that my regular ob was wanting on to come back.......I have an appt with him on tuesday.........Still not at the hospital I wanted to deliver at but one of the better ones in tulsa.........So I am quite pleased.........

Alyssa had an eye dr appt.......It went awesome.........the eye that they have been working on to strengthen is within normal ranges even though it is still turning out a bit.........Her glasses are staying the same strength as her eye sight hasn't changed any........And she got new glasses, the last pair we got apparently has an issue with the metal being to thin, We have adjusted them, they tried to adjust them and they just kept springing back.........So they were really loose on her face.....So in about 2 wks we will have new glasses and hopefully they will work better for her.........We have another IEP meeting next week.......Well sort of..........We are meeting with OT because they want to discharge her and they haven't done much of anything to begin with.........They meet with her once a month for maybe a half hour if that.........and they gave her a pencil grip because they think she holds her pencil wrong.........She holds it the same way I do.........So does that mean I hold my pencil/pen wrong to??? At the time I thought they were being nitpicky now I think it is just a waste of time for her to be pulled out of class..........They are doing nothing for her..........Plus on the paperwork that they gave to the school, it said that they spoke to the teacher and she has no concerns at this time........They never talked to them........She hasn't even met her goals that they had set for her......UGH........I have decided that I will work with her at home instead of what they are doing..........Heck I don't think I can do any more damage, LOL.........Wish me luck........She is just as stubburn as her momma.......Could it be the Leo showing up?? Or the fact that she has both her momma and her daddy in her and she has a double dose of stubburness..........hehehehe

Life

Wow life always gets busy and I can't seem to catch up, let alone catch up with myself.........

I had my bff's daughter for the weekend, I seriously forgot how difficult it is to have 2 add/adhd/bipolar kids running around........What one doesn't think of the other one does.....Gotta love them, LOL.........the fighting started before we even made it 20 miles from their house........I have never been so glad when sunday rolled around in my life......I was ready for her to go home (love ya, M) and for Alyssa to go back to school..........She had strep throat last week and spent most of the week home from school.......And the only reason why she went to school on friday was because of class and spring pictures...........I love the school's spring pictures........I don't have one on the laptop but I will try to get Kent to send me one from the desktop and post it later..........Joshua's school isn't doing theirs until April 7th because last year they did them at this time and to many kids were out of school due to sickness.........I can totally understand that..........Austin, well Austin is loving the fact that a new baby is coming in to the house.......He watches videos online of friend's babies and gets so excited to them......"I want that baby" or "watch again" seem to be his 2 favorite sayings about watching them.......

About baby Jace........He has been ornery the last couple of days and I spent friday in Labor and delivery due to his movement......He wasn't moving at all..........Come to find out my blood sugars are out of control again, so we have an appt tomorrow with the specialist (Mom, don't worry) this was expected to happen, as the baby gets bigger his insulin needs increase and this is the results...........So now we just need to up the insulin and things will be better........My bp is not staying down its like a yoyo......but they will address that tomorrow.......got a kiddo hollaring to come outside with him so I am heading out the door and will update when I know something else.......